PAT delegation inquires after health of the injured in Lahore blast

A delegation of PAT led by Secretary General Khurram Nawaz Gandapur visited the
General Hospital Lahore yesterday and inquired after the health of the injured of
the Lahore blast. The delegates presented the bouquets of flowers to the injured
on behalf of Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri and prayed for their early recovery.

Talking to the journalists, Khurram Nawaz Gandapur said that the Lahore blast
deserves to be condemned in the strongest possible words. He said that the loss
of scores of innocent lives has injured our souls. He said that in addition to condemning
this heart-rending incident, the government needs to be taken to task for its negligence
to secure the life and property of the masses. He said that Rs. 12 billion from
national exchequer were spent for implementation of Safe City Project in Lahore
whose purpose was to monitor the movement of vehicles on the roads and thoroughfares
so that anti-peace and anti-country elements could be kept in check.

The PAT Secretary General said that the Punjab Chief Minister has restricted
his governance to lip service and statements. He said that we are of the considered
view that these precious lives have been lost due to negligence of the government.
He demanded that it needs to be judicially investigated as to why the CCTV cameras
were not installed here under the Safe City Project.

He said that we have been saying it for a very long time that the present rulers
have soft corners for terrorists and it is for this reason that they are not letting
the Rangers conduct full-blown operation in Punjab; NACTA is not provided funds
and the military courts are criticized. He said that the Interior Minister gets
annoyed every now and then and disappears for a while before staging a come-back.